Cardiac preconditioning and cardiovascular diseases
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in the United States. Cardiac preconditioning, an endogenous phenomenon, has been shown to protect the heart from acute myocardial infarction by subjecting it to brief cycles of ischemia and reperfusion. The concept of ischemic p...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2017-01-01
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Series: | Heart and Mind |
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Online Access: | http://www.heartmindjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2468-6476;year=2017;volume=1;issue=1;spage=17;epage=21;aulast=Li |